Synonyms of whacking

whacking 1 of 3

adjective

ˈ(h)wa-kiŋ 

as in giant

unusually large

harvested a whacking number of zucchini from the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giant
• huge
• gigantic
• enormous
• tremendous
• vast
• massive
• colossal
• bumper
• mammoth
• astronomical
• immense
• monstrous
• monumental
• monster
• titanic
• big
• mighty
• grand
• mountainous
• sizable
• great
• whopping
• humongous
• cosmic
• gargantuan
• heroic
• prodigious
• mega
• oversize
• jumbo
• super
• elephantine
• planetary
• walloping
• oceanic
• herculean
• galactic
• considerable
• good
• cyclopean
• substantial
• Himalayan
• imposing
• staggering
• handsome
• supersized
• supersize
• leviathan
• pharaonic
• super-duper
• Brobdingnagian
• extensive
• formidable
• hefty
• majestic
• king-size
• major
• vasty
• tidy
• gross
• overgrown
• gigantesque
• bulky
• outsize
• goodly
• infinite
• voluminous
• overwhelming
• hulking
• largish
• stupendous
• grandiose
• towering
• lofty
• monolithic
• cavernous
• august
• immeasurable
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• microscopic
• miniature
• micro
• diminutive
• minuscule
• pocket
• little bitty
• infinitesimal
• wee
• bitty
• teeny
• midget
• pygmy
• small
• teensy
• minute
• little
• Lilliputian
• puny
• smallish
• mini
• bantam
• undersized
• petite
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy
• microminiature
• dinky
• dwarfish
• half-pint
• pint-size

whacking

2 of 3

adverb

as in extremely

to a great degree

the clown wore a whacking big pair of shoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• damn
• damned
• very
• terribly
• incredibly
• too
• badly
• so
• highly
• desperately
• severely
• jolly
• really
• seriously
• wildly
• super
• far
• full
• especially
• that
• cracking
• thumping
• real
• heavily
• rattling
• most
• intensely
• mighty
• greatly
• much
• passing
• such
• fiercely
• good and
• particularly
• roaring
• extra
• exceptionally
• wicked
• spanking
• sore
• awfully
• dang
• bone
• awful
• fantastically
• way
• absolutely
• specially
• fabulously
• monstrous
• exceedingly
• immensely
• deadly
• totally
• almighty
• supremely
• hugely
• mortally
• eminently
• frightfully
• uncommonly
• vitally
• corking
• beastly
• a lot
• thoroughly
• remarkably
• sorely
• completely
• utterly
• stinking
• surpassingly
• enormously
• filthy
• achingly
• positively
• archly
• colossally
• roaringly
• mightily
• ever
• vastly
• deeply
• entirely
• right
• blisteringly
• unco
• majorly
• as all get-out
• significantly
• wholly
• visibly
• noticeably
• downright
• considerably
• fully
• flat-out
• radically
• obviously
• notably
• substantially
• purely
• profoundly
• extensively
• altogether
• markedly
• obscenely
• excessively
• palpably
• plainly
• discernibly
• appreciably
• monumentally
• plentifully
• monstrously
• astronomically
• abundantly
• astonishingly
• grandly
• amazingly
• overmuch
• staggeringly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• barely
• hardly
• scarcely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

whacking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of whack

1

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• slapping
• hitting
• knocking
• punching
• banging
• slamming
• pounding
• clapping
• striking
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• kicking
• batting
• bashing
• nailing
• thumping
• thwacking
• hammering
• tapping
• poking
• jabbing
• swatting
• shoving
• clobbering
• pushing
• bludgeoning
• bopping
• licking
• smiting
• chopping
• bobbing
• zapping
• slugging
• flicking
• socking
• clouting
• boxing
• bonking
• stabbing
• busting
• pasting
• tagging
• rapping
• walloping
• biffing
• clocking
• bumping
• slogging
• belting
• stroking
• whaling
• beating
• pummeling
• battering
• slashing
• mauling
• hanging one on
• pelting
• mangling
• peppering
• roughing
• lashing
• dumping
• whipping
• lambasting
• cuffing
• scuffing
• stamping
• butting
• prodding
• buffeting
• jostling
• bunging
• drubbing
• kneeing
• flailing
• spearing
• creaming
• lacing
• flogging
• bunting
• switching
• felling
• thrashing
• sapping
• cudgeling
• braining
• decking
• clubbing
• pommeling
• leveling
• knocking down
• caning
• bowling (down or over)
• conking
• sledgehammering
• sucker punching
• sledging
• flooring
• skulling
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

2

as in murdering

slang to put to death deliberately

without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• slaying
• executing
• killing
• getting
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• snuffing
• destroying
• liquidating
• slaughtering
• terminating
• offing
• shooting
• croaking
• taking out
• icing
• putting away
• knocking off
• doing away with
• doing in
• bumping off
• smiting
• rubbing out
• zapping
• claiming
• massacring
• eliminating
• cutting down
• eradicating
• butchering
• blowing away
• felling
• annihilating
• shooting down
• exterminating
• carrying off
• blotting out
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whacking

Verb

As the movie shows, local foodies would swarm the ocean whenever striped bass appeared, reeling them in with pieces of Wonder Bread and then whacking them on the head. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

And the crowd clearly expected that pucks whacking the nets would be at a premium in this series, too. — ABC News, 4 May 2026

But, really, just being on the island feels like meditative wellness, including taking a golf club and a biodegradable ball from the island shop and whacking it into the sea. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Ultimately, the Yanks would spend 2 hours and 45 minutes on the court, meaning 2023 champion Tiafoe, who had prevailed in two previous marathons, wound up whacking balls for eight-plus hours in his ultimately futile bid for reach a fourth consecutive final here. — Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026

And Matt was whacking them with his stick. — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

His young nephew provided the entertainment, whacking a plastic ball around with a toy club on the lawn, replicating pro golf mannerisms a little too closely. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026

These plays are often brilliant, and even lesser variants are fun to watch, because piñata-whacking itself is a naughty thrill, a cathartic fantasy for anyone with a family and/or a secret. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026